Zusammenfassung
Im Unterschied zu den bisher vorgestellten Perspektiven auf die Erklärung von Vorurteilen, Diskriminierung und Toleranz nimmt die Persönlichkeitspsychologie einen anderen Blickwinkel ein: Konsistente und stabile (d.h. über Situationen und Zeit hinweg relativ unveränderte) verhaltensrelevante Unterschiede zwischen Personen stehen im Zentrum der Untersuchung und Erklärung. Diese Perspektive ist eine wichtige Ergänzung sozial-, allgemein- und entwicklungspsychologischer Analysen und eröffnet bedeutsame Fragestellungen für die gezielte Veränderung von Vorurteilen und diskriminierenden oder toleranten Verhaltensweisen. Was bedeutet dies konkret?
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Stößel, K., Cohrs, J., Riemann, R. (2009). Vorurteile, Diskriminierung und Toleranz aus der Sicht der Persönlichkeitspsychologie. In: Beelmann, A., Jonas, K.J. (eds) Diskriminierung und Toleranz. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-91621-7_5
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